GameCenter final: UND 2, SCSU 2
Feb. 18—GRAND FORKS — Jackson Kunz and Riese Gaber scored goals as UND tied St. Cloud State 2-2 in the series finale. The Fighting Hawks outshot St. Cloud State 31-13 in the game. The Huskies grabbed the extra point in the shootout.
Time: Jaxon Castor, SCSU, 29 saves.
Second star: Riese Gaber, UND, 1 goal.
Third star: Jackson Kunz, UND 1 goal.
UND 1, SCSU 0 — Jackson Kunz (Tyler Kleven, Ty Farmer) 9:27. Just as a UND major power play expires, Farmer sets up Kleven for a one-timer in the right circle. Kleven hammers it to the net, where Huskies goalie Jaxon Castor makes the save, but Kunz is there to do what he does best — finish around the crease area.
UND 1, SCSU 1 — Spencer Meier (Zach Okabe, Jack Peart) 19:07 (pp). St. Cloud State scores its fourth power-play goal of the weekend when Peart's point shot hits traffic in front, where Meier digs it out of a crowd and snaps a shot off of Kleven's blade and in the net.
SCSU 2, UND 1 — Jami Krannila (Veeti Miettinen, Micah Miller) :18. On the first shift of the second period, Miller tries a wraparound, the puck comes out to the slot, where Miettinen puts it on net. Krannila knocks it home as the official blows his whistle. The play is reviewed and the officials determine the puck crossed the line before the whistle blew.
SCSU 2, UND 2 — Riese Gaber (Chris Jandric, Jackson Blake) 3:28 (pp). UND's offensive zone domination finally earns a power play and cashes in. Jandric fakes a shot at the top and gives it to Gaber on the right side. Gaber snaps one through a Jake Schmaltz screen to tie it.
No scoring.
UND — Jackson Blake saved
SCSU — Micah Miller saved
UND — Riese Gaber saved
SCSU — Jami Krannila saved
UND — Owen McLaughlin saved
SCSU — Grant Cruikshank goal
Forwards
10 Gavin Hain—19 Mark Senden—13 Carson Albrecht
9 Jackson Blake—8 Jake Schmaltz—28 Judd Caulfield
18 Matteo Costantini—22 Owen McLaughlin—17 Riese Gaber
26 Dylan James—27 Louis Jamernik V—29 Jackson Kunz
20 Nick Portz
Defensemen
25 Tyler Kleven—15 Ethan Frisch
7 Chris Jandric—2 Ryan Sidorski
4 Cooper Moore—3 Ty Farmer
Goaltenders
34 Drew DeRidder
32 Jakob Hellsten
1 Kaleb Johnson
Not in lineup: F Griffin Ness, F Ben Strinden, F Dane Montgomery (upper body), D Brent Johnson, D Luke Bast
Forwards
29 Veeti Miettinen—13 Jami Krannila—15 Micah Miller
10 Kyler Kupka—19 Grant Cruikshank—14 Zach Okabe
11 Grant Ahcan—8 Aidan Spellacy—20 Jack Rogers
34 Adam Ingram—16 Mason Salquist—22 Joe Molenaar
Defensemen
18 Brendan Bushy—21 Josh Luedtke
23 Jack Peart—9 Spencer Meier
5 Ondrej Trejbal—6 Mason Reiners
26 Cooper Wylie
Goaltenders
40 Jaxon Castor
31 Dominic Basse
Not in lineup: F Chase Brand (inj), F Ryan Rosborough, F Ethan AuCoin, D Dylan Anhorn (inj), D Brady Ziemer (inj), G James Gray
UND has just one lineup change. Tyler Kleven is back in after serving his one-game suspension for a game misconduct penalty. Luke Bast is out of the lineup. St. Cloud State juggled all of its lines, bringing in Grant Ahcan for Ryan Rosborough up front. The Huskies are also making the change in net, starting Jaxon Castor over Dominic Basse. When St. Cloud State was rolling early in the year, the Huskies were using a goalie rotation. It appears they're going back to it.
